ARE KALVØ - ONLY FARMERS LONG FOR HOME
Are Kalvø has been a comedian for many years. He has lived for even more years. And in all those years, there is one conflict that keeps coming back: City versus country.
Such conflicts have created a bad atmosphere for as long as Kalvø has been alive, in various ways, both in Norway and in other countries: Center vs. Outskirts. The elite against the people.
The time has come to put these conflicts behind us and use our time to solve the big problems in the world.
The time has come to build a bridge between town and country. And be done with this, once and for all.
And who is a more natural bridge builder than Are Kalvø? He has one foot in each camp. He grew up in the countryside, he lives in the city. He's a city lover who writes Nynorsk and speaks dialect. He can understand and talk to both sides. Maybe even like both sides.
To really understand what such conflicts are about, Kalvø has spent a month in Europe's largest city, London, a noisy, confusing, self-indulgent and overly large metropolis in the home of elite thinking, and a month in Norway's smallest municipality, Utsira, an island without a mainland connection, with two hundred inhabitants on a good day, and mostly stiff winds.
He has lived with vegans wearing bicycle helmets and fishermen wearing thermal suits, he has talked about motors and modern dance, he has lost ferries and hope. But he has made it. And he's done it for us.
Now he's back to tell his story. And build a bridge. And if that doesn't work, to establish once and for all: What's best, city or country?
Are Kalvø has been writing and performing humor and satire in many different ways for many years. He has toured Norway's cultural centers before, and enjoys it very much, with his three solo performances "Kalvø - an hour of life you'll never get back" (Komiprisen 2015), "Toppar VG-lista" and "Hyttebok frå helvete", based on the book of the same name, which topped the bestseller lists in Norway for thirty weeks and has been translated into twelve languages. He has also written several other best-selling humor books, such as "Syden", "Harry" and "Bibelen 2".
Are Kalvø is excited to finally embark on a tour with material that is actually about absolutely every place he visits on tour.
